Review models wanted: an update?
Permalink | Author: Dan Dart | Published: 2025-03-13 22:30:00 UTC | Tags: 2025 Acer Asus Dell HP IBM Intel LG Lenovo Microsoft NVIDIA Samsung Siemens Sony TSMC boycott companies models review wanted
Hey everyone.
Here's the status of the companies I contacted:
- Intel - complete radio silence.
- Microsoft - bounced, their email box they advertise is broken! I'd expect much better from such a large company.
- Lenovo - complete radio silence.
- IBM - complete radio silence.
- Acer - complete radio silence.
- Asus - complete radio silence.
- Samsung - complete radio silence.
- Dell - complete radio silence.
- Sony - complete radio silence.
- LG - complete radio silence.
- NVIDIA - complete radio silence.
Needless to say, disappointing results from these companies so far. At any rate, more companies recommended to me will be contacted similarly to see if they can prove themselves to at least respond in less than almost 6 weeks (is that unfair to expect some form of communication in this timeframe?)
I of course don't mean to alienate these companies, only to explain that communication is an important trait to have in a person. If they would like to communicate with me, even just to say "Oh, sorry, we don't do that", "What do you plan?" or even "We dislike what you've said about us in your magazine article, so not us, but try X company".
Till next time.
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Review models wanted
Permalink | Author: Dan Dart | Published: 2025-02-03 20:00:00 UTC | Tags: 2025 Acer Asus Dell HP IBM Intel LG Lenovo Microsoft NVIDIA Samsung Siemens Sony TSMC boycott companies models review wanted
Hey everyone.
I've decided to start my year by attempting to continue journalism, and I've heard that companies may lend you "review models" of devices (special versions, sometimes) if you ask nicely.
So, I plan to ask some of the largest companies with UK branches for review models for hardware and software - using the Mad Hacker approach - explaining that this would be for the purposes of "hacks" - doing things that are not normally possible. I'm about to email the PR department of the following companies, so look out for reviews for these in the coming months!
- Intel
- Microsoft
- Lenovo
- IBM
- Acer
- Asus
- Samsung
- Dell
- Sony
- LG
- NVIDIA
Notable exceptions are: - TSMC, since they don't produce consumer hardware - HP, since they are known to support genocidal regimes (plus I have had less than satisfactory experiences with their hardware anyway) - Siemens, who profit from fossil fuel companies which fuel apartheid and human rights violations
** By the way, let me know if any of the above are dissatisfactory picks, or if you think I should include any more! **
Let's see who I'd recommend based on their product quality!
Fingers crossed.
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